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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Yogyakarta?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Belgrade for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Belgrade’s own page.

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Belgrade 40, Yogyakarta 22: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Yogyakarta 32: Belgrade leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Yogyakarta 40: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Yogyakarta 35: Belgrade leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Yogyakarta.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yogyakarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeYogyakarta
Official languageSerbianIndonesian
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m113 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeYogyakarta
City population1,197,714422,732
People per km²3,32713,007
Museums within 10 km6538
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.